BY EXCELLENCE REPORTER ON MARCH 29, 2018 Nicolae Tanase: Nischaladevi, what is the meaning of life? Nischala Joy Devi: The question “What is the meaning of life?” morphs into “what brings meaning to life?” Life seems more meaningful when we embrace love and joy, in every moment. We are all searching for something to bring us meaning. Perhaps, when we become still, we remember it is all within. By directing our first conscious thought in...

by Danielle Fowler Devi, Nischala Joy. The Secret Power of Yoga: A Women’s Guide to the Heart and Spirit of the Yoga Sutras. New York, Three Rivers Press, Random House, Inc., 2007. An innovative, readable and insightful commentary of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra. Written from a feminine, heart-centered perspective this book is revolutionary, if not controversial. Devi has broken the mold of traditional, scholarly approaches of understanding the...

By Kelly Birch Nischala Joy Devi is an internationally respected yoga teacher, well known for her heart-centered approach to spirituality and scripture. She was a monastic disciple of Sri Swami Satchidananda for over twenty years and was educated by yoga masters in India and worldwide. She developed the yoga protocols for Dean Ornishʼs Program for Reversing Heart Disease and co-founded the Commonweal Cancer Help Program, which culminated in the...

By Integral Yoga Magazine Nischala Devi’s book, The Secret Power of Yoga, reinterprets Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras for our modern times and from a woman’s perspective. She views the path of Raja Yoga as a path with eight facets that are interconnected and interwoven. In this interview, she shines a light on the five yamas, illuminating what can happen when we live our lives according to our divine essence and higher nature. Integral Yoga...

By Nischala Joy Devi. Compassion is the sacred energy that flows through the heart chakra to each and every living thing in the universe. When accessed it allows us to feel a sense of onesness with all. As yoga students and teachers, compassion blossoms as our inner guidance. It constantly reminds us that it is not the exactness of a technique that gives students the experience of Yoga, but the ability to access our own sacred...